Author Archives: Life in Media

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One evening I decided to forget who I am and sat forward on my desk. Then, I decided to ask my friend Google – “who” had helped me so many times- Who am I trying to be. Suddenly, came to mind one rather violent event for me, and I felt PANIC. Yes, HORROR is the …

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Do we imitate the media in real life? Yes, we do. Not only we live immersed in the media, but even try to play them in real life. In a series of television in Spain, “Sad life”, the protagonist is inmersed in an absurd story where his entire environment behaves exactly as would do on …

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On May 15, 2011, a series of demonstrations took place all over Spain -being the largest at Sol Square in Madrid- days before regional and municipal elections of May 22, 2011. What was the reason? The social cuts and public aid to Banks caused  great  discredited of the public institutions and politicians. For this reason, …

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The idea of being alone together due to media might at first seem a bit creepy: people get alienated from the real world and real social interaction by being always online, using their media even in company. This can’t be a good thing, right? As we talked in class yesterday, being alone together isn’t such …

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I know, that for many people, this might be something very minor and maybe even everyday kind of thing (if we think about conference calls at our work place for example) but for me, what I’m about to tell, was a big part of my four years away from my family and friends. We are …

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